HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, April 16 -- Alabama Commerce Secretary Ellen McNair issued the following news on April 15, 2024: Commerce Secretary Ellen McNair announced today that Phoenix, Arizona-based OMCO Solar, one of the nation's largest manufacturers of steel structures for solar panels, plans to invest over $10 million into its second production facility in Alabama, creating 70 full-time jobs in Limestone County. OMCO is leasing Building 100 in the Huntsville West Industrial Park at 7620 Greenbr  more

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Beth Reece The road to rock bottom was 17 years long for former soldier Dana Bandish. Pain from sexual trauma infected her heart and soul, but it took walking into a homeless shelter as a single mom with two young girls for the dam of her pent-up emotions to burst - for her to admit she needed help. "It wasn't an easy thing to do, because my wounds had really festered an  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 16 -- Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther and Council President Shannon G. Hardin today announced $20.8 million in city funding for summer programming for Columbus youth. "Our children have been through so much these last few years - coming out of the pandemic and adjusting to a changed society - and it is vital that they see themselves in our city's future," said Mayor Ginther. "By providi  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release: The National Transportation Safety Board named Patrick Warren director of the Office of Railroad, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Investigations. Throughout his career, Warren has been deeply involved in addressing national rail and aviation safety issues, regulations, operations, and security, collaborating extensively with the NTSB on investigations and safety recommendation implementation. Wa  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 16 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond and a coalition he is leading have filed a motion to stay the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new methane emissions rule. Filed Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the motion follows a petition introduced last month by Drummond and the coalition of 24 state attorneys general and a stat  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers intercepted two firearms in the last four days. This morning (April 15), a Franklin, Pa., man was caught with a gun and on Friday, April 12, an Ohio man was also caught with a firearm. The Franklin, Pa., man was caught with a .380 handgun loaded with seven bullets. The O  more

WHEELING, West Virginia, April 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Devon Alexander Bertram, age 34, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for selling cocaine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Bertram sold cocaine base to a confidential informant near a business on Wheeling Island. Bertram will also be required to report for three years of supervised rele  more